Mythology & Folklore
Book IX, 132
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Mythology & Folklore
Chastity and Love, meeting in the lists, both destroyed life. Her burning love for Hippolytus slew Phaedra, and his pure chastity slew Hippolytus.
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